WASHINGTON (AP) - Stung by an outbreak of violence, including eight killings last weekend alone, police are taking the unusual step of establishing vehicle checkpoints in a crime-ridden neighborhood in the nation's capital.
Starting Saturday night, officers will check drivers' ID and turn away any who don't have a "legitimate purpose" in the area - a plan that has drawn swift criticism from civil liberties groups.
You know, if they'd just declare martial law in the District, that'd take care of a lot of the Constitutional issues. (Not the moral ones, mind you, but the Constitutional ones.) Figger the odds, though, right?
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